New Michigan smoking ban in workplaces, restaurants and bars gets mixed reaction from business owners
The Grand Rapids Press - 58 minutes agoSome are upset about businesses that are exempt from new rules.
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Some are upset about businesses that are exempt from new rules.
Bronson tailback Mario Hernandez earned All-State Special Mention in the Associated Press Division 5-6 All-State football team, selected by Michigan sports writers.
AN EVENING OUTSave the Dunes Council Holiday Open House , 5 to 8 p.m. Friday Nov. 27, Barker House , 444 Barker Road, Michigan City, free, 879-3937 Rockin' Benefit for Area Animal Shelters, 5 p.m. to midnight Friday Nov. 27, Patrician Banquet Hall, 410 E. U.S. 30, Schererville, music by X-Girlfriend, Backwoods Band, Marrakesh Express and others, hosted by Tom Lounges and Lisa Hegewisch, includes ...
The Town of Porter received $15,000 Tuesday earmarked for improvements at Porter Beach. Delivering the money was State Sen. Karen Tallian, a member of the Lake Michigan Marina Development Commission whose seat represents Ogden Dunes, Burns Harbor, Dune Acres, Porter and Beverly Shores.
BURTON, Michigan -- Low-to-moderate income neighborhoods in Burton stand to gain more than $246,245 in federal Community Block Grant funds over the next three years. But just how that money gets parceled out is still anyone’s guess. The Smiley Administration...
LANSING, Mich. — A veteran state lawmaker and Democratic gubernatorial candidate on Tuesday pr...
A Michigan Student Assembly effort to revamp the document that governs campus life for students at the University has been deemed unconstitutional by the leading campus judicial body.
LANSING - Michigan taxpayers would be more willing to accept a package of tax increases that solve a variety of state budget problems than they would several small proposals designed to fill only a single year's budget holes, Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith said in introducing a plan that would raise $6.5 billion, much of it targeted to education.
A long-time lawmaker hopes her plan to change the taxing system will help the state... and win her Michigan's top seat.
The Daily's editorial Monday unfairly blamed Gov. Jennifer Granholm for the legislature's decision to cut the Michigan Promise Scholarship ( No more broken promises , 11/23/2009). The editorial failed to recognize that it was the legislature — not the governor — that deliberately left funding for the Michigan Promise out of the budget.
A Washtenaw County lawmaker is calling for hikes in the state’s business, sales and income taxes, saying there’s nothing wrong with Michigan that raising taxes by $6.5 billion a year can’t fix, The Detroit Free Press reports today. State Rep.......